James Louis Galvin (April 23, 1863 - August 25, 1916) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played with the

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of the

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Career

Galvin played with the St. Paul Red Caps in 1883. By 1884, he joined the

of the

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, and appeared in nine games as a pitcher and 22 games as an outfielder. When St. Paul joined the

in late September, Galvin remained with the club and appeared in three games from October 1 to October 12. '' The Kansas City Star'' described him as "one of the swiftest pitchers in the country" at the time. In 1885, Galvin played for

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in the Interstate League,

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and

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of the Western League and Haverhill and Lawrence of the

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. In his last professional season of 1886, he played for the Oswego club of the

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, and the

Meriden, Connecticut Meriden is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, located halfway between the regional cities of New Haven, Connecticut, New Haven and Hartford, Connecticut, Hartford. In 2020, the population of the city was 60,850. In October 1886, he accepted a job at a boot and shoe establishment in Haverhill.

Personal life

Galvin's father, Henry, worked as a police officer in

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for 30 years. Galvin himself later became a patrolman. Galvin was not related to future

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pitcher

Pud Galvin James Francis "Pud" Galvin (December 25, 1856 – March 7, 1902) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher in the 19th century. He was MLB's first 300-game winner and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1965. Baseball career Galv ...

, who at the time was pitching for the Buffalo Bisons. Some newspaper accounts in October 1884 initially identified the two as brothers.

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